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Photos: Glimpse into the life of jhuggi dwellers of Delhi's Majnu ka Tila

Sandip Roy April 12, 2014, 20:51:36 IST

For the few hundred living in a Delhi jhuggi, displaced due to the Delhi metro, expectations from the upcoming polls are little or nothing.

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Photos: Glimpse into the life of jhuggi dwellers of Delhi's Majnu ka Tila

[caption id=“attachment_1475865” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] Sandip Roy/ Firstpost Jhuggi dwellers near Majnu ka Tila build a makeshift temple in their midst. Sandip Roy/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1475867” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] Sandip Roy/ Firstpost The contrast in lifestyles is further pronounced by apartment buildings coming up a stone’s throw away from jhuggi. Sandip Roy/Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1475869” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Sandip Roy/ Firstpost The jhuggi, a garage for cycle-rickshaws, is where the dwellers wish to live. Sandip Roy/ Firstpost[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1475873” align=“aligncenter” width=“940”] Sandip Roy/ Firstpost Residents of the little jhuggi in Majnu ka Tila say that there’s barely room to carry a bucket of water through the narrow spaces. Sandip Roy/ Firstpost[/caption]

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